Worldview of the Wizard of Oz

The worldview of The Wizard of Oz is postmodern because Dorothy is transported to a different reality. Whatever she believes is reality, is reality. This is a key teaching of postmodernism. Each person defines their reality. Dorothy finally realizes in the end that she has the power to take herself back to the real world. She is able to make life the way she wants it. The main theme of the book is that a person can have what they want and they have the power to define their own life. Another reason The Wizard of Oz is postmodern is because the wizard is just an old man behind a wall pulling strings. The wizard really is not who he seems; in fact he is not a wizard at all. This is connected with the postmodern idea that God does not exist. Just like Dorothy and her friends figuring out that the wizard was really a fake, postmodernist thinkers destroyed the idea of God because He is fake. According to the early postmodern philosophers, God no longer exists. Therefore, The Wizard of Oz is postmodern because Dorothy defines her reality and the wizard is really an old man from the real world.